Merge "mw.loader: Omit private modules from the request queue"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.26

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.26 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.26
index 3cc1d26..c2228ae 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.26
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@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ production.
 === Configuration changes in 1.26 ===
 * $wgEnableParserCache was deprecated, set $wgParserCacheType to CACHE_NONE
   instead if you want to disable the parser cache.
+* New-style continuation is now the default for API action=continue. Clients may
+  use the 'rawcontinue' parameter to receive raw query-continue data, but the
+  new style is encouraged as it's harder to implement incorrectly.
 
 === New features in 1.26 ===
 * Change tags can now be hidden in the interface by disabling the associated
@@ -21,7 +24,12 @@ production.
 * Revive the 'SpecialSearchResultsAppend' hook which occurs after the list of
   search results are rendered. The initial use case is to append a "give us
   feedback" link beneath the search results.
-
+* Added a new hook, 'RejectParserCacheValue', which allows extensions to
+  reject an otherwise-successful parser cache lookup. The intent is to allow
+  extensions to manage the eviction of archaic HTML output from the cache.
+* (T68699) The expiration of the UserID and Token login cookies
+  ($wgExtendedLoginCookieExpiration) can be configured independently of the
+  expiration of all other cookies ($wgCookieExpiration).
 
 ==== External libraries ====
 * Update es5-shim from v4.0.0 to v4.1.5.
@@ -35,12 +43,21 @@ production.
 * (T65198) Talk page tabs now have a "rel=discussion" attribute
 
 === Action API changes in 1.26 ===
+* New-style continuation is now the default for action=continue. Clients may
+  use the 'rawcontinue' parameter to receive raw query-continue data, but the
+  new style is encouraged as it's harder to implement incorrectly.
 * API action=query&list=tags: The displayname can now be boolean false if the
   tag is meant to be hidden from user interfaces.
 * action=import no longer allows both the namespace= and rootpage= parameters
   to be set. If they are both set, the value of rootpage= will be ignored.
 * prop=revision output in enum mode is now sorted by timestamp rather than
   revision ID. This usually won't make any difference.
+* (T102645) Namespace list from meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces is now an array
+  with formatversion=2.
+* Various other output from meta=siteinfo will now always be arrays instead of
+  sometimes being numerically-indexed objects with formatversion=2.
+* When errors about users being blocked are returned, they now include
+  information about the relevant block.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.26 ===
 
@@ -50,6 +67,9 @@ MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 
+* Languages added:
+** dty (डोटेली/Doteli), thanks to translators जनक राज भट्ट, बिप्लब आनन्द,
+   मेश सिंह बोहरा, and राम प्रसाद जोशी
 
 === Other changes in 1.26 ===
 * ChangeTags::tagDescription() will return false if the interface message
@@ -87,6 +107,10 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * wfSuppressWarnings() and wfRestoreWarnings() were split into a separate library,
   mediawiki/at-ease, and are now deprecated. Callers should use
   MediaWiki\suppressWarnings() and MediaWiki\restoreWarnings() directly.
+* The Block class constructor now takes an associative array of parameters
+  instead of many optional positional arguments. Calling the constructor the old
+  way will issue a deprecation warning.
+* The jquery.mwExtension module was deprecated.
 
 
 == Compatibility ==